"Of course the personal comment section often tells a better story than our statistics. Personal comments: "Great meeting! My first WIN meeting. I was extremely impressed! The speaker was so excellent I bought her book!", "Looking forward to spending more time with the workbook", "Very informative. Great speaker!", "Speaker and topic were wonderful. Well worth the time." Our committee was impressed with your organization and the work prior to the event which contributed to its success." "It was certainly a pleasure not only to meet you, but to hear your presentation at our Annual Sales Meeting. I received numerous comments on how much everyone enjoyed listing to you, as well as receiving useful tools to help us all in our everyday life, at both our workplaces and our home lives. I believe there were several portions of your speech that each and everyone of us could take home in the hopes to get a better "grip on life."' "What a pleasure it was to meet you last week! You are really a delight and an inspiration. Everyone really enjoyed your seminar "Staying Rightside Up When the World is Upside Down." They are still talking about it. It was exactly what everyone needed to hear. It was one of the most interesting seminars I've ever heard. Your creative ways of using cartoons, examples and quotes made this an excellent presentation!" "The way you energized and captivated our audience at our 7th Global Payroll Management Conference August 26, 2003 in San Francisco was magical! From the moment you made your spectacular and surprising entrance, and throughout your often hilarious, yet compelling presentation, you held us in the palm of your hand. Your perspective on human capital successfully combined humor with incredible insight. Feedback on you and your presentation was universally spectacular. Judging from the crowd that rushed to your post presentation book-signing, your success was truly an unqualified triumph! " "I would like to thank you for your keynote speech at our recent videoconference, Meeting Challenges, Finding Harmony: A Program for Caregivers. The goal of the conference was to help bring caregivers together to share and be rejuvenated, as well as to provide information and education on available resources. This goal was achieved beyond our expectations due in large part to your excellent presentation. The caregivers all loved the event and we have been flooded with positive comments from organizers and participants alike. The evaluations were excellent. Your speech was perfectly attuned to the needs of caregivers. You truly made a difference in their lives! It was such a pleasure to work with you! You are organized, professional, flexible, and very easy to work with. I appreciate your energy and emotion, not to mention your extensive preparation." "Your talk was inspiring, thoughtful, entertaining and very well received by the more than 180 participants who attended the conference. Early comments have been very positive and I know our attendees thought your presentation was a highlight of the day. " "Many thanks for your outstanding contribution at our Annual Meeting. The key figures at any MDRT Annual Meeting are our speakers. It is they who draw the audience and hold their attention. You succeeded in doing both. We thank you for the superb effort you made in preparing your talk. You faced a demanding audience and you performed with distinction. We are grateful." "You delivered a meaningful message with energy, fun and warmth - and started our convention on the right note to energize both ourselves and our guests. The total convention was one of our best. Your wit (Ken still says he'll never let Lorraine sit with the guest speaker again) and enthusiasm contributed to making it that. Thank you for a super job." "On behalf of the NACS I want to thank you for your utterly fabulous keynote presentation at our 25th Anniversary Educational Conference in Dallas on September 19th. The feedback we received on the evaluations, as well as by word-of-mouth, about your session "Engaging the Spirit in the Workplace" was remarkable. We knew the audience (of about 1,000) loved you when immediately after your presentation, about 200 people lined up to purchase your book and have you autograph it. The session was lively, thought provoking, funny and inspiring. The way you personalized it for our group was clearly evident, and very much appreciated by the members. You really did your homework!" "Thank you for speaking at the Office of Inspector General Third Annual Recognition Conference. Your presentation was entertaining and informative, and my staff enjoyed it tremendously. You gave us many helpful insights and tips on how to improve the balance between our home and work lives. It is always a pleasure to witness such a dynamic, energetic presentation. I am appreciative that you took time from your busy schedule to share your knowledge and ideas with us. Thank you again for enlightening and engaging our audience with your creative presentation." "As our keynote closer you provided the "big extra" that everyone took home. Your two seminars and your early arrival set the stage so that you were indeed part of the family and the attendees could feel that. Your ratings clearly reflected that your message was received and appreciated. We are thrilled with the results of training almost 1,300 attendees. Your three appearances reached almost half of these and they not only took you in as part of their family but gave you the highest rating of all the speakers." "Thank you for being such a special part of our Coldwell Banker International Business Conference. For two years in a row, your energetic presentations were in the select group of top rated seminars at our conference. Your presentations excited some... motivated others... and, perhaps best of all, served as a "wake-up" call to the majority in attendance. More importantly, you gave the group choices on how they could find and maintain positive balance in their lives." "It was such a pleasure working with you on our Women's Business Conference last Fall. Thank you for being such a professional, organized speaker. Your initiative made my responsibilities for conference planning that much easier! Your contribution as our work/life balance seminar speaker was so valuable to our attendees, especially as evidenced by the filled-to-capacity room. Thanks for sharing your stories, your expertise, and your wonderful self." "You appearance at our 7th Annual Women's Leadership Conference was a wonderful way to kick off the day. Your energy and enthusiasm was catching. Your personal message about life and living is a subject women respond to so positively. Your sincerity is communicated to the audience and we know from the evaluations that they were moved." "I want to take a moment to let you know what a tremendous success Eileen McDargh was at the worldwide IT Management offsite. Her presentation was insightful, engaging and most importantly made a lasting difference for our global leadership team. Within the short amount of time we had for her on the agenda she was able to give out team tools to use when dealing with organizational change. The leadership team is already adopting some of her language and tool that help identify ways of thinking that either support or impede change adoption. Feedback from the program was overwhelming positive and in fact the highest rating general session of our two and a half day meeting.
It is rare that a speaker makes such a lasting impression but Eileen has done just that. We plan to use her again with our larger IT organization to reinforce the messages and methodologies she shared with the leadership team." It was clear, both from the feedback from our members and the standing ovation you received at the conclusion of your remarks, that your presentation was well received and that you made a real connection with our members.